Graham Vivian Sutherland 1903 - 1980 English Artist. Pen/Ink/Water Color/Body Color on fine sketch paper. Start Price USD 250.00 Current Price USD 565.00 Time Left - Bid Count 4 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, July 24, 2008 End Time Thursday, July 31, 2008 Location Orpington See more about 'Graham Vivian Sutherland 1903 - 1980 English Artist.' Description Graham Vivian Sutherland 1903 - 1980  English Artist.   Pen and ink / Watercolor and body colour on page of very fine sketch paper. Note serrated edge on top of picture.   Size 15 x 10 inches or 38 x 25.5 Cm's. This is not a print. This abstract picture was purchased from an elderly man some 16 years ago who was emigrating to Australia.It has been in my private collection since. This is the only history or provenance I have for this picture. It has the name of Sutherland on the bottom left of drawing (see photo's). The drawing itself is on very fine cream paper, with a serrated edge to the top as removed from a sketch pad at some time. Due to the lack of traceable provenance I will auction this as after Sutherland. The paper has some ageing marks and some edge creases, other wise its in good condition for the age of the very thin fine sketch paper. Below is some information on the Artist.   Graham Vivian Sutherland (August 24, 1903 – February 17, 1980) was an English artist.  He was born in Streatham, London, attending a preparatory school in Sutton, Surrey.[1] He was then educated at Epsom College, Surrey and Goldsmiths College, University of London. He worked as an engineer at the Midland Railway Works at Derby before studying engraving at Goldsmiths College, University of London. His early prints of pastoral subjects show the influence of Samuel Palmer, largely mediated by the older etcher, F.L. Griggs. He did not begin to paint in earnest until he was in his mid-30s, following the collapse of the print market in 1930 due to the Great Depression. These pieces are mainly landscapes, which show an affinity with the work of Paul Nash. Sutherland focused on the inherent strangeness of natural forms, and abstracting them, sometimes giving his work a surrealist appearance; in 1936 he exhibited in the International Surrealist Exhibition in London. He also took up glass design, fabric design and poster design during the 1930s, and taught at a number of London art colleges. In 1934 he first visited Pembrokeshire, and the place remained an inspiration for his neo-romantic work until late 1936. From 1940 Sutherland was employed as an official artist in World War II, as part of the War Artists' Scheme. He worked on the Home Front, depicting mining, industry, and bomb damage. Having converted to Catholicism in 1926, from around 1950, until his death he was deeply involved in religion. Following the war he produced several religious pieces, including The Crucifixion (1946) for St. Matthew's Church, Northampton and the tapestry Christ in Glory (1962) for Coventry Cathedral. He also continued to produce work based on natural forms, and managed to blend some of these - such as thorns - into his religious work. Sometimes, as in Head III (1953), these forms, often considered threatening in appearance, have an organic appearance but are entirely invented. From 1947 into the 1960s his work was inspired by the south of France, and he purchased a villa there at Menton in 1955. The main Art & Design building at Coventry University is named after him. Sutherland also painted a number of portraits, with one of Somerset Maugham (1949) the first and among the most famous. His painting of Winston Churchill (1954) was famously destroyed on the orders of Lady Churchill; studies for the portrait have survived....... Place a Bid!